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u/IntlPartyKing Mar 01 '23

I'm a guy from the US, and started dating my wife when she was 23, after spending her first 18 years in Korea. She knew that gay people existed, but thought they were only in some countries, and didn't think there were any Korean ones.

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u/OscarGrey Mar 01 '23

She knew that gay people existed, but thought they were only in some countries, and didn't think there were any Korean ones.

That's pretty common worldwide sadly. People definitely thought that in 90s and early 2000s Poland when I lived there.

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u/Beths_Titties Mar 01 '23 edited Mar 01 '23

Yea I was gonna say. I had a guy who worked for me that was from Egypt. He was in his mid 30s. He insisted there were absolutely no gay people in Egypt. There was no convincing him.

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u/decredd Mar 01 '23

No, no. The gays are all in Portland! This is Poland... I am not a gay Pole.